After a sell out run at Sydney Fringe Festival, Dani Hayek’s heartbreak comedy Pastabate is back – bigger, better and tastier than ever- at La Mama Courthouse in Carlton in June.
After being dumped by someone she forced herself to like (the worst kind of heartbreak), HER hasn’t been able to do anything but eat pasta… even though she’s allergic to gluten.
Not wanting to be the ‘desperate sad friend,’ she’s shut herself away and has no one else to talk to. Except you, her audience.
But, as your evening together progresses, it becomes clear that her relationship with pasta isn’t that diff erent from that with her ex – hot, one-sided, and giving her a tummy ache. While her and pasta are initially in the honeymoon phase, it’s not long until they have their first big fight.
From attempting to re-join the dating pool far too early to hallucinating dancing pasta, Pastabate puts a theatrical camp spotlight on the moments we feel most pathetic, and reminds us that sometimes getting dressed is an accomplishment worth celebrating. It’s a fresh, fabulous and fi ercely self-knowing work.
Pasta can’t solve your problems. But damn it, it’s worth a try.
Pastabate runs from 4-9 June. Tickets on sale now.
